jpdb beta

shabby; seedy

1

falling prostrate

2

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

10

gender; distinction of sex; sex

1

to put to death

1

widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman

1

importance; emphasis; stress

1

lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy

1

ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)

1

so what!; who gives a damn?

1

juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

1

to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps

1

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

2

to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

1

entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze

1

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

5

eldest brother

1

to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

1

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

3

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

1

harmony; reconciliation

1

ruler; monarch; sovereign

1

custom; habit; customary practice

1

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

1

to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

1

floorboard

4

to peek; to peep

1

reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)

1

heir; successor

1

water damage; flood disaster

1

encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation

2

bank; embankment; dike

1

building; construction

2

work; labor; labour; toil

1

food and clothing; livelihood; living; to feed and clothe

1

to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

1

treasure

1

commander

2

to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play

3

two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth

1

warrior

3

just now; a moment ago; this very minute

1

stab; thrust; lunge

2

soot

1

inconvenient

1

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

1

hemorrhaging

1

outward appearance

1

to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

1